comment on another command line option

[Darren Moffat]

>Previously Ed Santiago wrote:
>> Speaking only for myself: if I were ever to see this option 
>> implemented, it would make me wonder what _other_ mind-bogglingly
>> stupid code was in the package, and destroy any shred of
>> confidence in openssh as a whole.
>
>A good alternative option is to do that gpg already does and have an
>option to specify a fd on which a passphrase is passed in.

OpenSSH has another alternative, SSH_ASKPASS.

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Darren J Moffat